Brassiere-hook



G. T. COLTER. BRAsslERE HOOK.

' APPLICATION FILED OCT. I0, 1919. 1,346,702. Patented July 13, 1920.

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Application filed. October 10, 1919. Serial No. 329,715.

To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. CoL'rnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county andtitate of New York, have invented a new and Improved Brassiere-Hook, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to clothing and particularly to an improved hook used with corset covers or brassieres, and has for an object the provision of an. arrangement which may be used for properly holding a brassiere in position in connection with a front laced corset or a back laced corset.

Another object in view is to provide a hook or fastening means for brassieres which is adapted to be .hooked into or interlocked with the front laces of a corset without producing an undesirable lump or gathering of material.

A still further object in view is to provide a brassiere hook which may engage the laces of a front laced corset without producing an undesirable thickness at that point and also withoutv danger of becoming dislodged when in use.

In the accompanying drawing V Figure 1 is a figure on which is disclosed an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of a figure showing an embodiment of the invention disclosed with a corset laced in the back.

Fig. 3 is a plan view on an enlarged scale of a hook embodying the invention.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view through Fig. 2

approximately on line 4 -4, the same being on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a plan view similar to Fig. 3 but disclosing a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring to. the accompanying drawing by numerals. 1 indicates an ordinary corset as now in common use, which is designed to be laced in the rear and in the front is provided with the ordinary pin and hook now commonly used. It is also customary to provide an ordinary brassiere or corset cover 2 V which may be secured at the bottom in some way in order to hold the same properly in position and to do this a securing strip 3 is provided to which hook 4 is secured, the securing being merely through looping the ends 5 as shown in Fig. 4 whereby an adj ustment may be secured at any time. It is of course evident that the hook could be secured v in position in other ways without departing from the spirit of'the invention. When the r I hook 4 is used on an ordinary corset laced in the back as shown in.Fig. 2 the pin (ion the corset is passed through the large opening 7 and the parts are properly moved for causing the pin to pass down into a slot 8 I whereby the head of the pin willoverlap the hook 4. This will prevent the brassiere from moving upwardly by reason ofthe engagement of the hook 4 with one of the pins 6.

lVhen a front laced corset is used, as for instance, the corset 9 shown in Fig. 1, the pins 10 are at one side and would cause the brassiere to be pulled out of shape. In order to prevent this and to overcomev any other objection to a side fastening, the hook 4 is provided with resilient arms or hook members 11 and 12 forming slots13 and 14 into which opposite lacings are forced, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the hook is not only held properly in position against an upward movement but is held absolutely centrally of the lace opening. In addition the lacing of the corset must' naturally extend in a tortuous manner throughthe slots 13 and 14 and, consequently, would be pinched against movement, thus preventing accidental disengagement of the parts in case the person wearing the device should stoop over.

However, in order to absolutely insure against or prevent any disengagement of the hook when in use a slightly modified form may be utilized, as shown in Fig. 5, wherein the arms or hook members 1l-and'12 are provided with raised portions 15 and 16, which raised portions will spring out of the way, said arms being sufficiently resilient for this purpose, said spring taking place when the 5 lacing is forced in position. It will be observed that the hook 4, either of the modified form shown in Fig. 5 or the preferred form shown inFig. 4, is such that it may be used in connection with the old style rear laced 1 corset or the new style front laced corset.

without changing any parts and without causing any undesirable thickness, the hook lying perfectly flat.

parallel with the sides of said body so as to 110 i I I: V

provide restricted slots for receiving corset ing 'on each side thereof a resilient arm lacings; spaced from the extension and substantially 2. A brassiere hook comprising a 'body Conforming to the shape of the edge of the 10 formed with means for receiving a tape, an v extension so as to provide restricted slots for 5 opening for receiving the stud of a corset receiving corset lacing.

clasp, and an extension projecting from said body in the same p1ane,fsaid projection havv GEORGE T. COLTERI 

